NYT Discovers MAGA Rift on Dictators, Not Sanctions
The mainstream media breathlessly reports on Trump's supposed 'new' move for regime change in Venezuela, implying this is a departure from his usual anti-interventionist stance. One might wonder where this concern about 'threats to democracy' and 'authoritarianism' was when the U.S. imposed crippling sanctions on Venezuela, allegedly to promote democracy, but which OpenSecrets.org data suggests
had significant backing from special interest groups with stakes in regime change – including defense contractors and oil corporations whose PACs routinely donate to congressional campaigns, although direct AIPAC donations on Venezuela policy are less central than their Israel advocacy. The hypocrisy burns: a potential 'MAGA rift' gets headlines, while the immense human suffering caused by a
decade of economic warfare against Venezuela, designed to destabilize its government, remains a footnote. How many countries must be starved into submission before we question the moral authority of those pushing 'freedom'? The New York Times, it seems, only finds democracy 'threatened' when it inconveniences Washington's favorite narrative.